John Nee

John Nee (born 1959; ), more commonly known by his stage name Little John Nee, is an Irish storyteller, writer, performer and musician based in Galway on Ireland's West Coast. Nee was born in Glasgow in 1959. He returned to Letterkenny, in County Donegal, with his family when he was twelve. He works both as a solo artist and collaboratively.

Early life Nee's family are from Oldtown, Letterkenny, County Donegal. His mother, Mary (died 8 August 2004), was from Corravaddy and his father, Dick (died 9 August 2009), was from Cullion. While in his first year at the school, he and Hugo Devlin formed a band, Stable Rock.

Career Early career Nee moved to London in 1977 where he worked on building sites, while living in squats in Islington and Stoke Newington. Nee also worked with the Grapevine Arts Touring Co. and the Pooka Children's Theatre, writing a series of children's plays in the early nineties such as The Ballygroovy Ave. He was involved in performances with the Grapevine Touring Theatre.

His first one-man show, The Derry Boat, was about migrant labourers and had him perform as multiple characters. In 2010, in a Barabbas Theatre Company production called "The Singing Irish Clown", Nee portrayed Johnny Patterson, the 19th-century clown discovered by Pablo Fanque, the British circus proprietor referenced in The Beatles song "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!"

His 2020 Tilt of the Sky tour was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic; instead of performing at the Earagail Arts Festival, he did a mini-tour of County Donegal, performing outside An Grianán Theatre, as well as in Ramelton, Rathmullan, Raphoe, Dunfanaghy, Gortahork, Malin and Culdaff.

Personal life Nee lives in County Galway. He first settled in Galway (the city) in 1986 but then moved to Tuam in 2006.